Where a slow first token comes from
A model API looks like one call. Behind it is a pipeline of stages, some deterministic and some not. A gateway authenticates the caller, enforces quotas, validates the generation parameters and chooses a route. A tokenizer turns the text into token IDs. The engine reserves memory, batches the reque…
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- 2026-11-08 13:00 · DEV Community — AI
Where a slow first token comes from